The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-21


already undertaken build church at Con
stantipople. Additional aid for the mission al
Smyrna was asked. and a number of pledges
were made.
The committee on Persian missions reported,
and the report was adopted.
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The General Missionary Society
AT 2 o'clock p. NJ. the General Missionary So
ciety convened at the First Presbyterian Church,
for its thirty eighth annual session. Aexa nder
Campbell its first president Rev. l.. Fl.
Jameson, of this city, of its ounders, was
in attendance. The session pened by de-
votonal exercises by Rev. j. S. Shouse, of Lex
ington. KY. The president of the society. Prof.
c. Il. Loos, Of Lexington. was in the chair.
Committees were appointed as follows:
Enroment-J. c. B. Stivers, S. T. Willis and w.
Order of Business-D R. Lucas, L. L. Carpenter.
J; G. Toof, R. l.. Lott, A. W. Wilcox and J. b..
New Missions-G P Haley F. NJ Rains, G. A.
Hoffman and J. z. Tyler.
WAYS and Means %. A. Pa rtholomew, E. " Zol-
W W. Allen ' 1saAi9S a. ~ ''''e'' '"0sA nan anu H.
Colored Missions--J. Sharp. A. NJ. Atkinson. j 5.
Shouse j. S. Shackleford, W. \. Bedding, A.
Mclean and R. A. johnson.
Church Extension-T w. Drake r. NJ. Rains, A.
J. Martin, e. A. Hoffman, ". B. Craig and j. z. Ty-
Time and Place of Meeting-w. F. Richardson. o.
w. Pinkerton.
Nominations-T D. Garvin. B. F. Clay. NJ. Wells
The corresponding secretary, Robert Moffett
read the report of the board OF managers. 1t
showed missionaries employed for whole or part
of year numbering Sc; mouths Of labor, 300;
sermons delivered. 8, 743 accessions to the mis-
sions, l, 463; new churches organized %. This
is only part of the work of the Disciples in
the home mission field. The States which have
quite distinct organizations reported for tho
year closing Jan. /: Missionaries, 179: months
of labor. 1000: sermons. 81 527; accessions to
the missions. 52s3 new churches organized, IS.
~ IS 49, ii
board shows Missions. 2l5, accessions at mis-
sion points. .746; churches organized. 103. The
State organizations raised $40. 822 SO, the general
board $24, "a; total for home missions $l04.-
612. A.
The general board sustained missionaries at
Boston. Mass. Raleigh. n c.; Jacksonville.
Miss; Memphis, Tenn: Eureka Springs
and Fort Smith. Ark; Lawrence and
Atchison, Kan. Omaha, Neb. Milwaukee,
Wis; St Paul and Rochester, Mimi; Water.
town, Oak; Tacoma and Seattle, W. T.; Po-
mona, Cal; Phoenix, Arizona and evangeiists
in Mississippi. Colorado, Washington Territory.
Alabama and Nebraska The reports. with few
exceptions. showed that great progress was be-
ing made in all these fields The several places
at which State ORGANIZATIONS sustained mission
aries were not reported.
The church extension fund.- whicE was in
augurated three years ago. has grown slowly;
out the board has employed F. NJ. Rains. of
Kansas, to serve as general agent for this fund,
and the hope is expressed that he will be able to
greatly increase il.
The report closed with feeling reference to
the loss Of Timothy Coop of England a large
who bequeathed. property estimated to be
worth $50, 900 to the of several missionary
man. of Kentucky; j. D. Me;calf of Illinois,
Mrs James Leslie. of Ohio. and Mrs. It. B.
Haley, OF Missouri, annual and life members
to j. Fl. Duncan. of Kansas; F. G. Allen. of
Kentucky. and Fl. s. Lobeugier, Of Pennsvl-
vana. Young and faithful ministers and WRITER'S
to William Lane, of Connectlcut; John A.
and W. J. Pettgrew. of Virginia aged pioneer
preachers who had labored from forty to sixty
years in religious work. The board expressed q
desire to greatly increase the missionary force
for the ensuing year. The report was received
and referred to the various committees.
The evening meeting was held at the first Bap-
tiss Church. Remarks were made by Revs.
Braden and Hall at intervals in the opening serv-
ice of song. The principal address of the even
ing was made by Prof. c. T. Loos, the president
of the society. He took no text, but spoke in
argument for the need of home mission work He
said. Let us look first at the field. it extends
from ocean to ocean, and from the British Dcmin
ions to Mexico and the gulf. What mighty
sphere for action is here When we talk of
home in this connection we mean half of great
continent. 1t is world greater than that TO
which immediate access was given to the apos-
ties The injunction to preach the gospel to
every nation may be fulfilled without going be-
yond its boundaries. The Germans. the French,
the Irish the Italians, the Scandinavians we
have among us in thousands; and every country
of Europe has large mum bers of representatives
within our borders. If we turn
toward Africa We find that men from
all its tribes have been brought bv the
crime that once blackened our country's honor
and scattered through the Nation. The Ameri-
can Indian we have in his native habitat. By
tho fortunes of war portion of the ancient
Spanish settlements of Mexico we'll as the ma
tive tribes of that section were brought within
our borders. By the same stroke the golden
slope of the Pacific was made ours and into it
the nations of the far East have poured their
thousands. ] seems as if some special provi-
deDce bad prepared this wonderful gathering
of the peoples of the earth for outstanding IN
fuences. Here too Christianity has its most
open field Men hero of all classes have perfect
freedom Of thought and action as to religion
that thew have in no other country; they have
better education; they more accessible.
Here is the vantage ground of religion. 1t is
the broad wav prepared for the chariot of God.
Moreover. in this land the rule is fixed in the
minds of the people, outside the Roman Catho-
lie Church, that the Bible is the supreme arbter
of doctrine and of faith. There is no cen.
state. Religion is a thing between every
and his Creator. Consider what that is worth
what help it is to the workeri Again. the eff
forts made here are felt all over the world.
They have their reflex effect the old world.
Not note of praise is sounded. but echoes
across the ocean. Look at the Methodist Church
largely due to the WORK done by that great sect
in this country. The Pacific slope is having
similar effect the Orient When Columbus
said that the road to the Indies to the west
he spoke more wisely than he dreamed of. 1t Is
to the west 1t bands the continent with iron
and over it the steam-sped caravan carries the
traveller more swiftly than any means of ocean
travel can bear him We cannot neglect this
field with clear consciences. i rejoice in the
work done IN Japan. in China, in India, and all
those supe rstiton ridden lands; but we must not
let that work overshadow this. We must re-
member to keep the fountain pure if we would
have living waters flow from it into the desert
places of the earth"
At the close of tine presidents address Rev f.
NJ. Rains took the stand, and made spirited
appeal for contributions for the work. About
s., 900 pledged
A committee resolutions was announced,
of B. j. Radford, Ira j. Chase. Hugh
H. o. Breeder, and J. IT, GarIi-
son.
The programme for to day is as follows Fore
noon, Central Christian Church--9 o'clock, de-
votiona, meeting. reports of committees and
business; 1890. address on